Scythe.



W. C. KELLY.

SCYTHE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. $6, 1916.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNESSES Copies of this patent may be obtained for v rrn STA WILLIAM C. KELLY, OF CHARLESTON, VEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOB TO THE KELLY AXE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

SCYTHE.

Application filed December 16, 1916. Serial No. 137,339.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,WIILIAM C. KELLY, residing at Charleston, in' the county of Kanawha and State of West Virginia, a citizen of the United States, have invented .or discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Scythes, of which improvements the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of scythes; the object in View is simplicity combined with serviceability.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 shows in side elevation the scythe of my invention; Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation of the heel end of the same scythe, seen from theopposite side; Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are sectional views, the planes of section being indicated in Fi 2 by the lines IIIIII, IVIV, and V- respectively. 1

The scythe consists essentially of the blade 1 and the tang 2. The blade is, as will readily be perceived on comparing Figs. 1, 2, and 4 of the drawings, provided, on its upper side and along its rear edge and extending from its heel toward its tip with a groove; and, since the blade will ordinarily be formed of sheet metal, this groove may be provided by shaping the blade with a marginal sinuosity 3. v

The tang 2 is, in that part which engages the blade, bifurcated, being formed into two arms, 4 and 5 (preferably of'unequal length) with a cleft between them. One of the arms (the longer one, in my preferred construction) is provided along its inner face, and preferably throughout that portion by which it exceeds the other arm in length, with a rib 6 (Fig. 4).

When the parts are assembled the heel of the blade 1 rests in the cleft between the arms 4 and 5 of the bifurcated tang Figs. 1, 2, and 4) the two arms 4 and 5 of the tang overlie opposite faces of the blade; the rib with which the longer arm 4 is provided rests in the groove formed as has been said marginally in blade 1. The blade and tang being so assembled, they may be united, as by rivets 7, extending through both arms of the bifurcated tang and through the blade resting in the cleft between them, and blade and tang may be additionally secured by rivets 8 extending through blade 1 and the longer arm 4 of the tang.

It will be observed (of. Figs. 1 and 5) that the heel end of the blade may be made to abut squarely against a correspondingly disposed wall at the bottom of the cleft in the tang; and that the outer margin of the arm 4 of the tang may engage squarely a vertically disposed flange forming the outer bend of the sinuosity 3 (of. Figs.'2 and 6). Such a particular shaping and arranging of parts makes for rigidity and durability.

I claim as my invention:

In a scythe the combination of a grooved blade and a bifurcated integral tang, one of than the other and being provided on its inner face with a rib, the heel of the blade resting in the groove in the blade, and rivets extending through both arms of the bifur- Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

' the arms of the bifurcated tang being longer cated tang and through the blade resting between them. 7

' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

' WILLIAM G. KELLY.

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